Nursing hours worked and the stress in nurses' work

Abstract

The aim was to analyze the effects of excessive workload on nurses. This is an integrative literature review, through the study of multiple articles on the topic covered hours of work in nursing and the Burnout syndrome. This work allows general conclusions about a particular area of ​​study, carried out in a systematic and orderly manner, and contributes to the deepening of the topic to be studied and its knowledge. The research is bibliographical, and queries were made in medical literature and in journals from the last 5 years, in the Latin American Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS) database, in the Virtual Health Library (VHL) database platform). Thus, consequently, the risks of the profession will be minimized or even eliminated, thus, the institution gains by being a reference in excellence in care, society gains by being in the hands of a serious, motivated, and committed professional, and the nurse who will feel valued and, in this way, accomplished in the chosen profession.